@maphewyk.bsky.social
long time techie, perpetual newbie dev, career geo-spatial, attending curiosity
@legacyupdate.net thank you ❤️for legacyupdate.net/download-cen... !! Major MS .com domains have been inaccessible for most of the day and I've been blocked by not having Office 2016 access database engine client available. You've saved my sanity this afternoon.
29.10.2025 22:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
screenshot of my donation to PSF
I donated $25 to the Python Software Foundation.
Did I do that to post about it social media? Yes. Did I also do it because I think that the Python programming language is awesome, and PSF and PyCon are awesome, and they need more funding? Also yes.
hey #python: what do you add to your AGENTS.md so that #llm handle #uv properly? And differentiate between Claude, Codex, Amp, ...?
(mostly between betwen Codex and Claude. Claude likes SHOUTING while Codex hates it.)
cc: @simonwillison.net
Fund or claim bounties to reassert digital ownership over _your_ devices _you_ bought and paid for
youtu.be/TW-mdprDL3k?...
bounties.fulu.org
#fulu , defeat #enshittification
Great explanation of the AWS outage: youtu.be/KFvhpt8FN18?...
Tldr: it was DNS. It's always DNS 🤣
okay, after using it today, github.com/steveyegge/b... is very cool.
it's built for AI usage but even for projects without AI stuff, I'm gonna consider using it. I love issue tracking, but doing it via a super snappy CLI is much nicer than web-based, i think.
I built a new lightweight Chrome MCP/Skill/Claude Plugin and wrote a bit about the Zen of MCP API Design: blog.fsck.com/2025/10/19/m...
20.10.2025 03:30 — 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 0
#framework , they just keep coming up with reasons for me to love them 💖
github.com/FrameworkCom...
I really hate the term "sideloading". I preferred the original term, which was "installing software on a computer that you own"
25.08.2025 21:43 — 👍 8535 🔁 3733 💬 58 📌 37
We need help
We need people
We don't have a big enough population to handle this, and our state congressional is out of session until Jan
We are not a wealthy state, and they keep it that way on purpose, but there will be changes, mark my word
We need all the sizes of clothes and winter gear
Alaskans know
14.10.2025 07:37 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot of Alaska Public Media we page about halfway through article. In middle of page is small blue house, seemingly intact but completely upside down
how many of you knew that Alaska was hit with a typhoon? 😳
#Alaska #TyphoonHalong
I didn't, until a cranky old bear made some noise mastodon.social/@crankyoldbe...
1 killed, 51 rescued, 49 communities impacted, 1400 survivors in community shelters. From the "remnants" of Typhoon Halong.
I just pushed the first major update for Superpowers for Claude Code. This update extracts skills into a standalone git repository that you can fork and manage locally to add, customize skills, and share skills.
Claude decided this was big enough to become 2.0 github.com/obra/superpo...
The two previous posts cribbed from the excellent #Linkfest newsletter by Clive Thompson, buttondown.com/clivethompso.... It comes out every two weeks. Exploring the links and their nutritious tributaries takes at least that long. I've never managed all of them, and That's Perfectly Okay
11.10.2025 18:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hey #gischat you might enjoy this very different take on #geolocation: alphabetmoon.org
Lunarcation?
Lunaritta? (montage of Latin lunar and littera for character)
Extremely creative use of reel to reel tape machines youtu.be/vaG5tVnpkwc?...
11.10.2025 18:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0TIL Claude's new code interpreter mode has a /mnt/skills/public/ folder full of prompt instructions and Python utilities for creating and manipulating pdf, docx, pptx, xlsx files - and you can ask Claude for a copy and learn a TON about working with those formats
simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/10/...
Improve your parachute by cutting holes in it, and make it out of cheap materials
www.zmescience.com/research/inv...
#canada applying ancient #japanese arts in new ways
a small brown gecko with a yellow coloured any biting its tail
there's a lizard here with an ant biting and holding onto it's tail
10.10.2025 08:15 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0just watched a dozen people ask microsoft copilot experts their most pressing questions and those questions were 90% “how do i turn it off?” and “when i turn it off, is it really off or is it spying on me?”
09.10.2025 13:45 — 👍 4807 🔁 1107 💬 9 📌 50
www.openculture.com/2025/10/the-...
The Aberdeen bestiary has been online for 8 years now, but new to me and still cool so... 😎
The internet as it's best self is still around if I remember to keep looking
Excellent long article in The Narwhal this month about porcupine caribou herd and the efforts to count them and track their health, and thus also ours.
thenarwhal.ca/counting-por...
#nwt #yukon #alaska #canada
Auggie? (augemented engineer)
07.10.2025 20:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🐍 Python 3.14 is out! 🎉
This version includes significant upgrades.
We would like to thank everyone who contributed to this version. 👏
Our website features a series of blog posts about the new features in Python 3.14.
Go and learn about what this new version has for you, and Happy Pythoning!
Thanks for the 7 prompting habits link. This one hits home "If the agent goes off on a tangent, don’t try to redirect it or fix it. Cut bait and start over with a similar prompt." I've spent so much time (and tokens!) trying to fix and redirect. That's likely easier mentally when running multiples?
07.10.2025 04:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
I made a #python thing I'm calling 'uvs':
github.com/maphew/uvs
It enables #uv to install single-file scripts in PATH as a tool (presently uv only does this with packages). Handles all my linux & win 1-file scripts so far, so itch scratched. Until it all blows up in my face anyway😅 Feedback welcome
